Trade Card: Solomon Levi, Men's and Boys' Clothing, Reading, Pennsylvania

This trade card advertises Solomon Levi's clothing store. The front of the card (Image 1) features a simple design with a branch of red roses and the address, 652 Penn Street. The back of the card (Image 2) is a full advertisement for "Men's, Boys', Youths', and Children's Clothing." The design suggests a late 19th-century aesthetic. [Solomon Levi is buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Reading. His first wife, Amelia née Sundheim, died September 25, 1880, at age 32 and was buried in the Hebrew Cemetery on Neversink Mt. in Reading. She was survived by Solomon, a son of about 9, and a daughter of about 6. In 1880, Hannah Sondheim, Amelia's sister, is listed in the census. After Amelia's death, Hannah married her widowed brother-in-law, Solomon, and they had a son, Abraham, in 1886.]

Associated People/Businesses

• Solomon Levi
• LEVI, SOL

Geography

• Reading

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Boys' clothing
• Advertising cards

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 41, Page 7